The New England Aquarium is celebrating the launch of its new Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life in Boston, a scientific institute focusing on fisheries conservation and aquaculture solutions, marine mammal research and conservation, habitat and ecosystem health, and marine animal health – a major new initiative for the Aquarium.
Leading ocean scientists from the U.S. and around the world today urged President Obama to halt a planned oil and gas exploration program off the Atlantic coast involving millions of underwater sound blasts that would have “significant, long-lasting and widespread impacts on the reproduction and survival” of threatened whales and commercial fish populations.
Penguin biologists from around the world, who are gathered in Boston this week, warn that ten of the planet’s eighteen penguin species have experienced further serious population declines. The effects of climate change, overfishing, chronic oil pollution and predation by introduced mammals are among the major factors cited repeatedly by penguin scientists as contributing to these population drops.
Penguins over past decade have soared in global popularity, yet many of their populations have crashed during the same time. This week in Boston, penguin biologists from around the world will gather for their quadrennial meeting, and one of the hot topics will be the possible effects of climate change on declining penguin populations
President Bush's newly designated ocean reserves may build more momentum in creating more protected areas in the Pacific Ocean. The marine scientist who led the effort to create the world's largest marine protected area is available for comment.
Just as the first North Atlantic right whales are spotted making their seasonal migration from New England waters to their calving grounds off Florida and Georgia, these critically endangered animals are finally getting protection Tuesday from fast moving ships that accidentally kill or injure the majestic animals along the East Coast.
Widow of late novelist Peter Benchley who had written the bestseller "The Girl of the Sea of Cortez" to join voyage to further the legacy of her husband's conservation work.
Ships and whales are both behemoths of the sea, but they often do collide, with usually tragic results for many endangered whale species. Wednesday, the Canadian government took its second step in four years to move ships away from the highest use areas of the North Atlantic right whale - its most critically endangered large whale species.
New England Aquarium ocean explorer, Dr. Greg Stone, is preparing to take a journey back in time, 25 million years, into the unknown depths of a sea that might offer scientists a glimpse as to what the prehistoric oceans were like. Stone is part of an undersea expedition which will explore the unique Celebes Sea, just south of the Philippines. The Celebes Sea is unlike anywhere else on the planet. With a shallow rim that protects it from deep-running frigid currents, it is one of the only deep ocean areas filled with warmer, life-sustaining water from its surface to its great depths. Scientists believe that most of the Earth's oceans were similar 25 million years ago. The deep waters of the Celebes Sea just might be an ancient, biological time capsule.
Former National Science Foundation head Dr. Rita Colwell and "TIME 100: The People Who Shape Our World" honoree Dr. Kelly Emanuel will be recognized by the New England Aquarium for their lifelong work and dedication to conservation causes on Tuesday, June 5 at the New England Aquarium's David B. Stone Award Ceremony.
One of the few hundred remaining North Atlantic right whales was killed by a ship strike off the coast of Georgia, emphasizing the need for rule changes regarding shipping lanes in the whales' habitat.
At his first underwater glimpse of the coral reefs of the Phoenix Islands, ocean explorer Greg Stone realized that they were among the most pristine coral reefs in the world. The Boston based scientist's second thought was that this stunningly beautiful and important ecosystem in the south central Pacific must somehow be protected. Over the next six years, Dr. Stone became the driving force behind the effort to create the third largest sanctuary for marine wildlife on the planet.
Kiribati, a small Pacific Islands nation, is creating the third largest marine protected area (MPA) in the world. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area "” the largest MPA in the Pacific Islands "” supports abundant marine and bird life and includes some of the world's most pristine reefs.
In the aftermath of last year's tsunami, Dr. Greg Stone of the New England Aquarium co-led an expedition of scientist-divers to survey the damaged coral reefs. The results indicate a quick recovery for most of the tsunami-damaged reefs.
The New England Aquarium is rehabilitating an endangered leatherback seaturtle. This marks the first time in 30 years that a live leatherback has been brought to the Aquarium. If rehabilitation efforts succeed, this may be only the second leatherback in history to be successfully rehabilitated and returned to the wild, and the first for the Aquarium.
The New England Aquarium has named Irving as its Founding Corporate Research Partner for the protection of the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Irving Oil and the New England Aquarium are working together to find practical, science-based solutions to problems facing right whales.
On September 16, philanthropist David Rockefeller Jr. and author Peter Benchley will be honored by the New England Aquarium with the David B. Stone Award for distinguished service to the environment and community. This biannual award is named after the Aquarium's principal founder, Boston businessman David B. Stone.
The North Atlantic right whale is at serious risk of extinction and is not receiving adequate protection under the Endangered Species Act, as reported by marine scientists from the New England Aquarium.
Bud Ris, longtime head of the Union of Concerned Scientists, has been named the new president of the New England Aquarium. The Boston based aquarium has extensive marine research and conservation projects around the globe and hosts over 1.3 million visitors per year.
Since late November, 5% of the breeding females of one of the world's most endangered whales have died. There are fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales in existence, and their primary habitat is in the congested and hazardous waters off of the East Coast of North America.
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